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SYSTEM OVERVIEW <br />Lower Latham Ditch and Lower Latham Reservoir are owned by the Lower Latham Ditch <br />Company and Lower Latham Reservoir Company. These companies operate together under the <br />same board of directors to provide irrigation supplies to lands located south of the South Platte <br />River near Kersey and east of LaSalle in Weld County, Colorado. The Lower Latham Reservoir <br />is located 2.5 miles east of LaSalle. Water is conveyed to the reservoir for storage through the <br />Union Ditch under a contract agreement with the Union Ditch Company. Water is also conveyed <br />to the reservoir through the Morrison Seepage Ditch. Storage water is released from the reservoir <br />via the Lower Latham Outlet, which conveys water to the Lower Latham Ditch for irrigation. <br />The headgate for Lower Latham Ditch is on the east side of the South Platte River, between the <br />headgates of Godfrey Ditch and Patterson Ditch. The Lower Latham Ditch terminates near <br />Loloff Reservoir (unaffiliated), where the Lower Latham Extension Ditch begins and carries <br />water to the Empire Intake Canal. Lower Latham Extension Ditch is owned and operated by the <br />Lower Latham Extension Ditch Company. <br />Key structures identified in the Lower Latham Ditch and Reservoir System are as follows. Also <br />listed below are ditches and reservoirs which are outside of the Lower Latham Ditch and <br />Reservoir System, but are essential to system operation. <br />1) Union Ditch <br />2) Morrison Seep Ditch <br />3) Lower Latham Reservoir <br />4) Lower Latham Ditch System <br />• Lower Latham Ditch <br />• Lower Latham Outlet <br />5) Lower Latham Drain <br />The contact information for the Lower Latham Ditch Company is: <br />Jim Park, President <br />32730 Weld County Route 50 <br />Kersey, CO 80644 <br />970-352-2125 <br />Union Ditch is owned by the Union Ditch Company: <br />Union Ditch Company <br />C/O Gary Alles <br />26285 WCR 47 <br />Greeley, CO 80631 <br />The general locations of the Lower Latham Ditch and Reservoir Company system and associated <br />structures are shown on Figure 1. <br />Lower Latham Ditch Memo.doc 2 of 12 <br />